[nagdu] guide dogs and meeting

[Debbie Cole]

How exciting Lea
Debbie Cole

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Lea williams <leanicole1988 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am at GEBS now with my dog and they had us go to the allumni hall
> and sit to hear the names of our dogs and their sex and breed. Then we
> were sent back to our rooms and they brot the dogs to us one at a time
> in our rooms. We spent an hour alone then one at a time were taking to
> the lobby and waited then were spoke to about how to handle them at
> dinner time and then we slowly went to dinner so on so on...
>
> On 6/14/12, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
>> That thing at Pilot was pretty great!  Holly jumped right up and wagged all
>>
>> over!  I had to correct her but you know, my heart really wasn't in it!
>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:02 PM
>> Subject: [nagdu] guide dogs and meeting
>>
>>
>>> Hi, all,
>>> When I trained with Orleans at GEB, the instructors would have us meet in
>>>
>>> the coffee and snack lounge to wait for them to bring the dog in.
>>> The dog then would be taken off the instructor's leash and allowed to run
>>>
>>> around to smell the environment upon checking it out.
>>> After that, new dog and user would go back to their bedroom to spend time
>>>
>>> with the dog and begin bonding.
>>> At Pilot Dogs when I trained with Freedom, the instructors would bring the
>>>
>>> dogs into the bedroom and my roommate and I would each sit with our dogs
>>> to do the same.
>>> After twenty minutes of bonding time, instructors would come to get us
>>> upon having us go outtside to walk with the dogs around the block.
>>> Bathing occured as part of the bonding process after the walk around the
>>> block.
>>> I liked that part as it gave me a chance to refresh my memory of being
>>> able to bathe my partner at home if I couldn't afford to take him to the
>>> groomers.
>>> I'll admit that Freedom David Berry won the most dirtiest dog award during
>>>
>>> the beginning.
>>> When it came to Odie, Mike Tessmer had me wait in the front lobby while he
>>>
>>> went to get my partner from the kennels.
>>> When Mike brought Odie into the building, my crazy labra wolf choked
>>> himself, trying to get to me immediately.
>>> After hangin out in the lobby for twenty minutes, walk around the block
>>> took place and bathing again like before.
>>> Out of all my guides, Odie gave me a run for my money during class.
>>> He had a bad chewing habbit and was also picky when it came to the
>>> relieving area.
>>> He would relieve in harness on route.
>>> After a while, it took Mike Tessmer and steve Hoyt to make Odie go to the
>>>
>>> bathroom in the student relieving area.
>>> They had to litterally go into the bathroom part by making him run around
>>>
>>> to stemulate him. Upon arriving home, there was some dificulty with
>>> getting him to go potty before we'd leave from home to the bus.
>>> Odie did learn eventually that the rule was for him to take care of
>>> business before we'd leave home and getting on the city buses.
>>> Yes, I still made sure to give him extra parking opportunities while we
>>> were out and about.
>>> Due to him aging more though, I park him more frequently and he does have
>>>
>>> to be taken out in the middle of the night at times.
>>> Truth here is I'd rather take him out in the middle of the night versus
>>> waking up to finding a lovely unpleasant surprise in our apartment.
>>> Regardless of him being a brat during his days when me in training, Odie
>>> prooved that he was a great guide dog and the best out of all of them.
>>> as for my next guide, I might consider home training due to medical and
>>> having to use oxygen at times.
>>> Just my thoughts for sharing.
>>> Bibi, husband Dale and son Odie
>>> the happy spirited bounty labra wolf
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